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A new £48 million freshwater salmon hatchery is set to open in Argyll, with the aim of raising fish farming standards in Scotland. The state-of-the-art onshore facility, based at Barcaldine near Oban, will supply young salmon, known as smolts, to 40 farms across the west coast, Orkney and Shetland. The unit, owned by Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), will be a centre of excellence in...

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ISSUED: 7 November 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV - Five environmental studies students from Shepherd University had the opportunity to share a meal with Jefferson County farmers Carol and Marty Kable and their guests, Shepherd alumna Bev Hughes and her husband Bob of Shepherdstown, during an October 29 Dinner with Strangers. The students were given a tour...

Iraqi officials and fishermen are at a loss to explain how hundreds of tons of carp have suddenly died in fish farms in the Euphrates River, fueling anxieties about soaring water pollution. Local authorities used excavators to skim dead fish from the river surface near the town of Hindiyah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, where residents and local farmers have long...